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“I was determined to show him that my heart was not his slave, and I could live without him if I chose”

“for the first time in my life, and I hope the last, I wished I had not married him.”

“he reads the inward struggle in my face, and misconstrues my bitterness of soul for his unworthiness into the pangs of wounded jealousy.”

“Every faculty, both good and bad, strengthens by exercise — therefore, if you choose to use the bad, or those which tend to evil till they become your masters, and neglect the good till they dwindle away, you have only yourself to blame.”

“Of him to whom less is given, less will be required, but our utmost exertions are required of us all.”

“If I had known him in the beginning as thoroughly as I do now, I probably never should’ve loved him. And if I had loved him first, and then made the discovery, I fear I should have thought it my duty not to have married him.”

“I can’t live alone, because my own mind distracts me, and I can’t live with you, because you take the Devil‘s part against me.”

“he sighed as if his heart would break.”

“I can’t bear my own thoughts.”

“What can’t be cured must be endured”